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Aleaderisbelievedtohecornerstoneofacompany.Some

entrepreneursarepassionateabouttheirownideaswhileotherstendto

begoodlistenersandleaveroomforpeoplearoundtoshowpotentials.I

thinkthelattertypeister.

First,havingpeopledoublecheckyourideacanpreventyoufromsettling

forthestatusquo.Sure,wearealltemptedtothinkweownthebestideas

ofall,especiallyforleadersthatpeoplelookuptoasavisionary.Buttruth

old,thebestleadersarethosewhocanbringoutthebestinpeopleand

holdpeopleaccountablefornutsandbolts.Let’ssaytheCEOofatech

companymayhaveavisionoftheirnextgame-changergenerationof

,buthestillneedstolistentomarketingpeoplebriefingabout

whethertheproductcanspeaktoacertaingroupoftargetedcustomers

andabouthowtolaunchcampaignsonanationalscale.Also,hehastosit

throughmeetingswiththedesigndepartmentandgothroughseveral

roundsofdebatebeforesettlingonafinalversion.Soleadershavetocome

totermswiththefactthattheycannotpossiblyknowitall;atsomepoint,

theydneeddifferentperspectivestomoveforward,andevenbreakfreeof

theirpreviousbeliefs.

Second,acompanyopentonovelideascanbindpeopletogether.

Accordingtoarecentsurveyonemployeesatisfaction,“beingrespected

andbeingheardisrankedhighuponthelistofdeterminingfactors.Soif

thecompanyculturesetsitstoneontreatingpeoplewithenoughequality

andtrust,employeeswillshowproactivityinvoicingtheirownideasand

morebrilliantideaswillemergeaccordingly.TakemybrotherTomfor

example.Heworksintheafter-salesserviceofabigcompany.Whathe

makesdoesntevencomeclosetothatofasaleswholivesoff

commissions,butTomisreallypas